Dr Ajay Kamath
Consultant Respiratory Physician
MBBS, MD, MRCP
Dr Ajay Kamath specialises in treating respiratory conditions. His special interests are in asthma, emphysema, pneumonia and chest infections with a particular interest in treating difficult asthma and cough. Dr Kamath qualified from the University of Mumbai, India and went on to train in respiratory medicine from KEM Hospital and the University of Mumbai. Later he moved to the UK for higher training in Respiratory Medicine taking specialist registrar posts at Glenfield Hospital (Leicester), Papworth Hospital (Cambridge) and the Norwich University Hospital (Norfolk). This was proceeded by a year out to undertake a Fellowship in Respiratory Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia. Following a period as a Research Fellow in Norwich carrying out clinical research studies in asthma and clinical postings in Norwich, Dr Kamath has taken up a Consultant post at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital in 2007.
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Additional information
Clinical interests
Chest medicine
Pneumonia COPD Pleural diseases Cough
Qualification and professional memberships
Professional memberships
British Thoracic Society
British Medical Association
Royal College of Physicians
American Thoracic Society
Research and publications
Airway inflammation in asthma Community acquired pneumonia - risk stratification and management Difficult asthma
Current NHS posts
Consultant Respiratory Physician, Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital
Personal profile
Dr Kamath is married and is the proud father of 2 young boys. His hobbies are tennis, cricket and cooking. He enjoys reading, music and gardening when he is not running around with the boys.
Contact information
| Telephone | 01508 471135 |
| Private secretary telephone | 01508 471135 |